Earlier today I had left my laptop on, with several applications open
(Outlook 2000, word 2000, IE 6), but with the lid closed, meaning that
the system goes to sleep. When I went to use the laptop later today it
would not restart and I had to turn the machine off. I've had the
machine for 4 months and this has not happened before. After rebooting
I went to check my emails, but Outlook 2000 would not load. I then got
the message below from XP Home "Microsoft Outlook has encountered a
problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Send
Error Report/Don't Send"

I tried loading several times to no avail. I then rebooted several
times to no avail. I then rebooted in "Safe Mode" to no avail. I then
rebooted and tried to fix the problem with my Office 2000 - SB-1 disk.
I tried the fix errors method and this did not work. I rebooted and did
a system restore, this also did not work. I have also run my virus
control; Spybot and Ad-Aware SE. None of this has helped.

I tried Microsoft's site with the error message and they say I have to
upgrade to Office 2003.

Can anyone help me?

thanks

Greg